During the mid-Palaeozoic, vascular land plants (ie, tracheophytes) underwent a great
radiation that triggered the development of the land biosphere–the so-called Silurian …

This chapter is primarily concerned with the documentation of the record of land plants from
their earliest occurrences in the Ordovician to the end of the Lochkovian in the Lower …

The radiation of vascular plants during the mid to late Paleozoic has been considered one of
the most important drivers of change in Earth's terrestrial environments. Non-marine …

In phytogeographic data sets, the number of assemblages or floras from each interval may
provide a test of the influence of sampling intensity on land-plant diversity. Using a data set …

Available data on the stratigraphic ranges of latest Silurian and Devonian vascular plant
macro-fossils (sporophytes) and spores provide insights into the tempo and mode of early …

This study aims to approximate an illustrative vision of the apparent temporal dynamics of
land plant diversity during the terrestrialization process (ie, the invasion of the land by …

Megafossil evidence does not fill the 'evolutionary gap'between land plants and their
hypothetical green algal ancestors. Rare Late Silurian vascular plant megafossils provide …

Since their first appearance in the Middle-Late Silurian, land plants have played an
increasingly important role in shaping terrestrial ecosystems and landscapes. It is difficult to …

Reliable measurement of the original diversity of paleo-vegetation must account for many
influences: the amount of time and space represented by the sample, the number of plant …

Adaptive radiations and extinctions affecting tracheophytes, the only group of land plants
with a well-documented fossil record, occur during time intervals distinct from those affecting …